On Apr 14, 2013, at 7:06 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > > > > Subject: Re: [Tutor] design question (Django?) >> >> On 13/04/13 09:48, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: >> >>> I think I have to make a diagram of this. This stuff is quite hard >> >> You could use a simple UML class diagram (class -> table). See the OOP topic >> in my V3 tutorial for simple examples. >> >> Or you could use a proper entity relationship diagram(ERD) - see wikipedia >> for >> details and examples (there are various notational variations) >> >> They all show the same concepts. UML will be best if you plan >> on using OOP in the python code. ERD is better for vanilla database design. > > Hi Alan, I am reading it now. Thanks for the suggestion. I have to read more > about Django to decide whether this is the way to do it. First impression: > yes. The database abstraction API also implies that I should use OOP. Step > #1: defining the model ;-) > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/models/ > Would it also be a good idea to simultaneously make a paper-and-pencil > drawing of the UI?
Absolutely! Test it with three users. See Jakob Nielsen's brief take on the matter: http://www.nngroup.com/articles/paper-prototyping/ Take care, Don _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
